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    "localId": "110796",
    "label": "Basket",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
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{
    "id": "110796",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Basket",
    "date": "by 1928",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.326",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Basketry"
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.326/1929.326_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Diameter of top: 31.6 cm (12 7/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker"
    ],
    "accession": "1929.326"
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    "tec": "Plant fibers and dye",
    "tombstone": "Basket, by 1928. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker. Plant fibers and dye; overall: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); diameter of top: 31.6 cm (12 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House, 1929.326",
    "collection": "African Art",
    "didYouKnow": "This woven hat looks brand new because it was one of the many items the business-savvy chief of Ekibondo had artists and artisans make for the foreigners who passed through his village.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Boger, Ann C. et al. Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. p. 32."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.326",
    "creditline": "Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:52:32.990000",
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    "dept": "African Art",
    "coll": "African Art",
    "med": "Plant fibers and dye",
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